St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-04

Marrying i'm Haste, Hut Not Repent.
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ing at leisure.
Philadelphia Press.
MI Benjamin, late consul at Teheren,
Persia, tells an amusing story of one of the
shah's SON in-laws who took to fight on re-
celvlng an intimation that the shah deemed
it proper that he should contribute a valu-
able Offering to the royal treasury. When
the victims father had died it had been
found that he had left share of his large
treasures by will unassigned to any heir,
directing that it should be buried with him
in the tomb. The coffin was deposited in a
mosque, which was the tomb of a saint
called an Imam Zadeh, several days Jour
ney from Teheran. The Moayer-ul-Mamo-
lex informed the princess, his wife,
that he proposed to make a pilgrimage to
the shrine of a saint-such pilgrimages
being greatly esteemed ia Persia, adding as
they do to repute for piety Bidding
farewell to the princess, who little thought
how long it would be before she should see
her husband again, and selecting such tried
| attendants as could be trusted, the Moayer-
| ul-Mamolek lett Teheran. After proceed
| ing some distance toward the shrine he had
mentioned he took bride path that led i'm
the opposite direction, and travelled hard
| untllihe reached the shrine. The
glay-bearded moIlah came forth from the
gate to welcome the prince. with low bows
and many h0neyed phrase, as he
alighted. Overlooking the scene
from the house-top was the fair blooming
daughter of the host. Perhaps, with q
natural touch OF coquetry, she allowed her
veil to drop for moment as the prince
looked up. At any rate the sight OF the
young maiden suggested to him means of
| assistance i'll the maturing of his plan. = = X
After tie evening repast the prince gave
the host and father of the damsel to under
stand that he would like to have her to
wife. 1t is so common for Persian gentle
men high in rank. including the shah him
SELF to select wives far lower in station
than themselves. that there was nothing in
the proposal to excite surprise, although il
gave The old mollah great pleasure to think
That he was to be allied to prince. Nor
was he staggered on learning further
that the would-be husband desired the
| marriage to take place without delay, for
haste regarding All affair of such importance
is also not uncommon in Persia. The pre-
iiminaries having all been arranged,
| priest was sent for, who drew ND and
| signed the marriage contracts. And thus
i'll few brief hours the young country girl,
who had never before seen her husband,
not only found but welded him-and he
| prince and sof-in-law of king.
,c. When the Moayer- ul-Mamolek was alone
with his bride he told her that, notwith-
| standing the suddenness of his attachment
to her. his love was so intense that he de-
| sired to present her with an extraordinary
| token OF his regard. In a word, it was
| MS wish to beStoW Oh her a dia-
| dem of rare value and beauty which
had been in his family for generations.
| Unfortunately this prize was not in his
| possession. x 1t was included with
| the treasures hidden in the shrine of the
| saint, OF which her father held the kew.
under solemn oath to deliver neither KEY
| nor treasures to living soul. The bride
| OF an hour eagerly replied that if this were
all the impeachment that hindered possess
| sion OF the gem. she could overcome it.
| The key Of the shrine her father kept,
according to Persian custom, under his pill
| low; and as he always slept sOundly, she
was confident of being able to secure and
return it before he should awake at the call
OF the morning prayer.
She stole through the house barefooted
and managed to get possession of the kew
without awakening her father, and brought
| it to her husband.
The nobleman gave his bride parting
| KISS, promising i'll few brief moments to
| bring her the coveted gift. He proceeded
at once to the Imam Zadeh. where his ser
wants were awaiting him with the horses.
= 1t took only short time to rifle
| the tomb OF its riches and load them in sad
| die bags on the horses, and then the word
was TO horse and away The
| bride waited long. Such treachery was Il
new experience for her. Her hopes gradu-
| ally passed to despair. When morning
came she realized that she had not only lost
| her husband but incurred as we'll the dire
indignation of her father. But while she
was lamenting the bridegroom was flying
Tor his life toward the Caspian sea. AT
| Mesched-i-Sar the fugitives found a steamer
bound to Baku, in Russia. On board of
this vessel they escaped to urope and
travelled to Paris"